Interoception, contemplative practice, and health

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dc.citation.journalTitleFrontiers in Psychology
dc.citation.volumeNumber6
dc.contributor.authorFarb, Norman
dc.contributor.authorDaubenmier, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorPrice, Cynthia J.
dc.contributor.authorGard, Tim
dc.contributor.authorKerr, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorDunn, Barnaby D.
dc.contributor.authorKlein, Anne Carolyn
dc.contributor.authorPaulus, Martin P.
dc.contributor.authorMehling, Wolf E.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-09T20:14:49Z
dc.date.available2015-07-09T20:14:49Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractInteroception can be broadly defined as the sense of signals originating within the body. As such, interoception is critical for our sense of embodiment, motivation, and well-being. And yet, despite its importance, interoception remains poorly understood within modern science. This paper reviews interdisciplinary perspectives on interoception, with the goal of presenting a unified perspective from diverse fields such as neuroscience, clinical practice, and contemplative studies. It is hoped that this integrative effort will advance our understanding of how interoception determines well-being, and identify the central challenges to such understanding. To this end, we introduce an expanded taxonomy of interoceptive processes, arguing that many of these processes can be understood through an emerging predictive coding model for mindﾖbody integration. The model, which describes the tension between expected and felt body sensation, parallels contemplative theories, and implicates interoception in a variety of affective and psychosomatic disorders. We conclude that maladaptive construal of bodily sensations may lie at the heart of many contemporary maladies, and that contemplative practices may attenuate these interpretative biases, restoring a personﾒs sense of presence and agency in the world.
dc.identifier.citationFarb, Norman, Daubenmier, Jennifer, Price, Cynthia J., et al.. "Interoception, contemplative practice, and health." <i>Frontiers in Psychology,</i> 6, (2015) Frontiers Media: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00763.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00763
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/80863
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherFrontiers Media
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.keywordinteroception
dc.subject.keywordcontemplative practice
dc.subject.keywordmeditation
dc.subject.keywordbody awareness
dc.subject.keywordmindfulness
dc.subject.keywordyoga
dc.subject.keywordmind-body therapies
dc.titleInteroception, contemplative practice, and health
dc.typeJournal article
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